I’s think a wild boar could put someone into a world of hurt with a great deal of consistency. Skull like a rock. Razor sharp tusks suitable for hamstringing and then disemboweling. Neck muscles that aren’t going to be much impressed by someone attempting to strangle it.
I’d say 100 pounds to be a consistent man killer.
Hmm…interesting choice. With a wolverine or a baboon you might have a shot at injuring it severely with a well placed kick, but how could person defend themselves against a 100 lb boar? Eyeball gouge, or maybe breaking a leg or it’s spine with a lucky kick is all I can come up with. I wonder how thick the leg bones are on a 100 lb boar? Can you rip the testicles off a 100 lb boar with your bare hands?
Not exactly a kitten.
What, teeth are out?
You’re right I’m not using all the tools at my disposal.
I still don’t see how it’s getting above my knees AND within my kicking range to begin with. My early battle strategy is to kick and stomp it and dodge its teeth by hopping around. If it somehow latches on to me, there’s really any number of ways to destroy it. Continental railroading, limb detachment, denial of eyesight, caber tossing, spinal tensioning and so forth.
I’m picturing a gladiator match where two enter and one leaves. No lucky suprise attacks from stalking animals.
The boar suggestion is pretty good. At 100lbs, it will be pretty hard to kill.
At the point where I joined the thread, there was something about letting it latch onto an arm, then attacking it - I’ve been mostly hung up on that image, I guess, and I still maintain that would be a dangerous thing to do.
Yeah, getting some kicks in before locking in combat would help a lot. It would probably respond by rapidly turning its head and biting you, but I’m not sure if that would be more likely a nip, or a bite and lock. If it gets permanent hold of one of your limbs while it’s still in good condition, you’ve got a problem.
That can be the “Sword in the Stone” for the modern age. Whoever can rip the testicles off a 100 lb boar with bare hands shall be the next king! 'Cause, like, nobody’s gonna tell him he can’t be king.
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I think that alot of people are forgetting that a human can out endure almost any land animal out there. You can just wear it out
My first thought upon opening the thread was also for wild boar. Those things are vicious. It’s not like you could reach down and pick it up…you’d be too off-balance and slow, on account of it’s low body mass. You’d have to outrun it, or wait til it sleeps. MUAHAHA
Huh… There were badgers in the area where I was brougt up, and I had always considered them completely harmless animals, even as a kid. I would not have hesitated to try to touch one if I could have approached it. :eek:
What about a boar/human match? (those I always considered dangerous)
I was always warned against approaching them when I was a child - on the grounds that they may turn vicious if provoked or cornered.
However, they nearly always turn tail and run when faced with a human, so the whole question of combat is a bit contrived (and the question is ill-defined anyway - as to whether we’re talking about the pure mechanical/bodily damage/attack capability of the animal, or just what would happen if you put it in a closed space with a human.
Boars can get pretty big. I’d think you wouldn’t stand a chance agaisnt even a normal sized one without a weapon of some sort.
It is a stupid thing to do, however it is considered to be a viable option if all other tactics fail when fighting an attacking k-9 unit. The reasoning is that by occupying the dogs primary weapon on your arm, which is relatively small damage to you, you have the chance to gain control of the animal’s body. Most mammals are not the clamp on and wait for gedoh variety, (hysterics about pitbulls aside). If they do not have a fatal hold, they will release and try for another bite while squirming. Your benefit as a combatant is that you now have control of a large bouncing opponent without said opponent having mangled anything major.
Preferred methods are kicking, limb breaking, railroading, or choke holds.
The truly bad ass might attempt to break the jaws of any muzzled mammal by forcing them apart as well. A good kick or dominant hand punch to the face is likely to shatter bone or break a jaw. Don’t forget the value of eye gouges, and it is surprisingly easy to rip an ear off as well.
There’s just no way, a human with a gun is pretty much screwed if they don’t get off a good shot. Boar hunting is pretty intense when you go knowing you have the advantage. Unarmed there’s pretty much nothing you can do against one.
I’ve been wondering – does ‘unarmed’ mean you have to stay unarmed? Or just that you don’t have a prepared weapon to begin with?
If the latter, then if there are sizable stones on the ground (or the arenas is paved with stones or bricks, maybe?) I’d try to get some up to hurl at the whatever, hoping to blind it or break some bones. Even a smallish stone would make attempts to pound its skull in much, much more effective.
True, but one of the reasons that some of the animals listed in this thread are so formidable is that they have bone and muscle structure that isn’t going to be much harmed by any rock you’d be strong enough to lift. Go ahead and whip a rock at an angry boar or a badger. All you’ve done now is piss it off even more.
Your big advantage against a boar is their incredibly poor eyesight. If you could get enough elevation over one that you could jump onto it an break its back you might be having a ham sandwich for lunch. OTOH, what it lacks in eyesight it makes up for in hearing and sense of smell so sneaking up is risky at best.
In straight hand to whatever combat your best chance at survival might be to jam your hand down its throat and choke it to death. You’d take damage but you’d also live to tell about it.
My grand parents have a neighbor who owns a Lynx. It’s small but it’d fuck me up.
You really think so? I wouldn’t want to tangle with one.
